What is a sign of a developing preacher? This article discusses the importance of learning how to leave out certain parts from the final draft of the sermon, for the sake of the congregation.

How long should the sermon be? Are lengthy sermons better than shorter sermons? This article engages these questions.

Should you use preaching notes or not? This article offers reasons for using notes and for not using notes.

As a pastor, how do you handle the pressure of completing a sermon on a Saturday? Here are eight things you can do in dealing with sermon preparation on a Saturday.

Sermon illustrations are a good way of bringing the message home. However, not all sermon illustrations work. Here are ten problems with sermon illustrations.

Does waiting until later in the week for sermon preparation reflect a greater reliance upon the Holy Spirit? This article engages with this notion, explaining that the Spirit is equally present and active at all times during the week.

How does one go about preparing for preaching? This article presents and discusses three aspects involved in preparing the pastor: spiritual, mental, and logistical preparation.

A sermon introduction is important for grabbing the attention of the listeners. This article offers seven different ways to design sermon introductions.

Sermon preparation should take most of the pastor's time and work. How do you prepare helpful sermons? These five points may help you.

How should you write your Christmas sermon? There are three things to consider when writing and preaching a Christmas sermon.

What preaching method works best, preaching from a manuscript, notes, or no notes?

This article explains why proper exegesis is essential for every sermon.

This article explains a way to do sermon preparation from the original Greek and Hebrew. It considers the strengths and struggles in this approach.

The Bible uses stories (narrative) to reveal who God is, what God desires, how God acts, and how God wants humans to respond to him. Too often preachers ignore the narrative structure of the Bible. This article wants to encourage preaching that honours the narrative structure, content, and purpose of narrative texts.

This article lists several reasons why preachers should not use illustrations from movies in their preaching.

Do you preach doxologically? This article shows how preaching itself needs to be an act of worship.

This article gives thought to the question of sermon length. It first raises some possible reasons that congregational members may feel a sermon is too long. Then it weighs in on how long a sermon should be, and indicates that the better question is how well the preacher helps his hearers to behold God's glory.

What does a prayer for a sermon look like? There are five things you can pray for as you prepare to preach.

In preaching how do you persuade others who are listening? This article offers three aspects to consider for persuasive preaching.

This article provides several benefits of preaching through whole books of the Bible (series preaching). Some of the reasons are: pastors are to preach the whole counsel of God, preaching through a book allows the minister and congregation to better absorb the purpose of God, and it gives a better understanding of a particular book and of biblical theology.

How do you write a sermon introduction that will grab the attention of those listening to your preaching? Knowing how not to do it helps in knowing how to do it. By avoiding these ten mistakes you can work towards writing a sermon introduction that will draw attention.

Using a full manuscript can be beneficial for your preaching. This article gives five reasons why.

How can a pastor make the first sentence of his sermon be effective? This article offers five things that relate to this question.

How do you make a good word study in sermon making? These can help to bring out the message of the text. This article, though, focuses on five common mistakes when pastors do word studies.

A sermon introduction serves the purpose of leading the congregation into the sermon. How do you write a good sermon introduction? This article suggests there are seven aspects you may want to consider.

Illustrations are great tools for preaching. How do you tell a sermon illustration in a good way? This article presents five elements to communicating a good illustration.

Illustrations are great tools for preaching. So how does a pastor acquire sermon illustrations? This article suggests three ways of developing an eye for illustrations.

What is a good way of using sermon illustrations? There are three key factors one must know: what to illustrate, the purpose of it, and the place of it. This article uses these three key factors to show how to use illustrations in preaching.

Should you use quotations in sermons? Quotations in preaching can be a hindrance or a help. How should you use them? This article gives six rules to guide you.

What makes for an effective sermon? This article suggests that the sermon's conclusion is important for an effective sermon.

What makes for an effective sermon? This article considers how to make use of effective transitions in preaching in order to keep your hearers engaged.

Every pastor wants to preach an effective sermon. Yet what makes for an effective sermon? The use of illustrations can be of great help. This article explains three types of sermon illustrations you can use.

Every pastor wants to preach an effective sermon. He wants his preaching to be of help to his people. This article offers a pastor some ways to help people follow his preaching.

Every pastor wants to preach an effective sermon. He wants his preaching to be of help to his people. What makes for an effective sermon? It is partly what you say in your introduction. This article offers some suggestions on how to draft an effective sermon introduction.

If you have a great exegetical insight, just how do you communicate it in preaching without losing your hearers' attention? This article suggests five ways.

Understanding the message of a Bible book is a great help to preaching from that book. This article encourages the use of thematic outlines for that purpose.

Did you know that keeping sermon preparation files can help you be organized and be effective in your sermon preparation? This article suggests four sermon preparation files you need, and discusses how you set them up and how to use them.

This article shows how you can improve sermon preparation through the use of preaching templates, and gives an example of a sermon application template.

This article shows how you can improve sermon preparation through the use of preaching templates.

You can greatly improve your preaching by listening to other preachers. How do you do about choosing good sermon audios that you can listen to? This article suggests it is by learning to analyze them in three areas.

Moving from explanation to application in a sermon can be a challenge. This is where most preaching fails. This article discusses a number of ways one can personalize the message.

Illustrations in preaching help make a point clearer, show how to implement biblical requirements, and help make truth practical and memorable. But how does one make sure he uses illustrations for the right purpose? This article offers some principles one can follow.

This article explains that writing out your sermon can help your preaching.

It should be the desire of every preacher to make proper application of the text. What application should do is show from the passage the meaning for the congregation today. How does one achieve such an application? This is what this article answers.

The preaching outline can say a lot about the sermon. How do you write a sermon outline? This article makes a distinction between lecture outline and preaching outline, then shows how to write a preaching outline.

What makes a good sermon? There are two aspects: it has limits and a focal point. The article expands on this.

This article considers the work of the Holy Spirit upon the preacher, in both his preparation and delivery of the sermon.

This article discusses what does and does not qualify as plagiarism.

This article encourages the right handling of God's truth, such that preaching also appeals to the affections of the hearers after the preacher himself has been affected by the Word.

Sermon making is a process that includes at least four phases: analysis, synthesis, administration (homiletical reflection), and evaluation. This article explains these four phases of sermon making.

This article suggests that sermon preparation need not be an exclusive exercise. Preparing sermons requires some solitude, but exchanging ideas with other people face to face can also be a valuable part of sermon preparation.

What makes preaching earnest? This article offers four characteristics: know the text, feel the truth, love the people, and keep the sermon simple.

This article considers the mental and spiritual posture or disposition of the preacher as he approaches preaching. What kind of steps should one take in order to preach in a manner commensurate with the glory of the message he is bringing?

The work of preaching cannot be done without power. The author draws attention to the words of the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. The power of Paul's preaching is seen by a careful consideration of both his message and his method.

Kaiser explores how preaching from narrative texts in the Old Testament should be done. He makes use of Nehemiah 6:1-19 to illustrate his point.

This article outlines one minister's sermon preparation process.

This article offers a critique of several contemporary preaching methods, and concludes with a piece by Charles Spurgeon, "Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats," in which he denounces innovation in preaching.